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SHITTAH TREE (shittâh, Isa_41:19 RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘acacia tree’; shittim wood [ ‘ãts ç-shîttîm] Exo_25:5; Exo_25:10; Exo_25:13; Exo_26:15; Exo_26:26; Exo_27:1; Exo_27:6, Deu_10:3, RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘acacia wood’).—shittâh was originally shintâh, and is equivalent to Arab. [Note: Arabic.] sunt, which is the Acacia nilotica; but the word no doubt included other desert acacias. The seyât of the Arabs, which includes the gum-arabic tree (A. seyat), and A. tortilis would both furnish suitable wood. Both these trees are plentiful around the Dead Sea, particularly at ‘Ain Jidy.
E. W. G. Masterman.